180 LEPIDOPTERA INBICA. 



spot below the middle of the last two, another in the next lower interspace below the 

 middle cell spot, the hinder marginal space beyond this whitish ; a diseal series of six 

 spots, the first inwards on the costa, very small, the next three outwardly oblique, the 

 fifth a little inwards, the sixth under it a little inwardly oblique, a small dot under it, a 

 sub-marginal band of thick conjoined spots. Hindwing with four sub-basal small 

 spots, the fourth well inwards, followed by three larger spots in a line, a bar at the end 

 of the cell, a spot between the lower outer end of the bar and the third spot of the 

 second series, touching both, a diseal series of eight spots in four pairs in a nearly even 

 outward curve, the fifth a little inwards, a sub-marginal series of conjoined lunules, 

 black marginal line with inner white thread, with small lunular marks attached, the 

 four nearest the anal angle black on a whitish ground. 



Expanse of wings, <^ 1^ inches. 



Habitat. — Assam. 



Distribution. — The type came from the Khasia Hills, it is unique, and is in the 

 B. M., it must be very rare, though we have received many thousands of Lycsenidse 

 from that locality, we have never received an example, our description and figures are 

 from Moore's type. 



ARHOPALA AIDA. 

 Plate 682, figs. 2, ^ , 2a, $. 



■ Arhopala aida, de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1889, p. 168, pi. A, fig. 1, ^. Bethune- 

 Baker, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1903, p. 64. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside, both wdngs shining bluish-purple of exactly the same 

 tint as in A. sdta, Hewitson, and A. rafflesii, mihi. Forewing with the outer margin 

 broadly black (a little broader than in A. S'-lta). Hindwing with the outer black 

 margin even, as broad as on the forewing, the costa more broadly black. Underside, 

 both wings are purplish-brown, strongly glossed with purple, all the markings 

 prominent, a little darker than the ground colour, outwardly narrowly and clearly 

 defined with whitish. Forewing with the inner margin broadly paler ; an oval spot 

 near the base of the cell, an oblong one at its middle, with a costal spot above it ; a 

 quadrate spot closing the cell, also with a costal spot above it ; a diseal macular band 

 dislocated below the third medial nervule, the fourth spot nearer the margin, the two 

 spots which follow further removed from the margin, a large quadrate spot in 

 continuation in the sub-median interspace, a pair of sub-marginal fasciae, but more 

 prominent than usual. Hindwing with the usual basal annular spots, a spot closing 

 the cell, a diseal band formed of spots arranged more or less in pairs, the usual 

 marginal lunular fasciae ; the small anal lobe black, a small black spot in the first 

 median interspace on the margin, the space between this spot and the anal angle 

 sprinkled with metallic green scales. 



